February 2008
I'm the Idiot Who Bought an HD-DVD Player →
Toshiba finally mercy-killed its HD-DVD format last week, ending a drawn-out fight with Sony’s Blu-ray for high-definition disc supremacy. The format’s demise has brought HD-DVD owners untold…
Robin Williams Saves the Day at TED when Tech... →
When the Tech Fails at a Technical convention who better to point it out and make the best of it than Robin Williams.
"The Daily Show" Reports From "Anti-Hillary HQ" →
Last night on “The Daily Show,” Samantha Bee satirized the media’s grand “plan” to destroy the candidacy of Hillary Clinton. “We’re at debate 20, and I think everyone here is a bit disappointed that…
Fewer Youths Jump Behind the Wheel at 16 - [New... →
Driver’s licenses have been tickets to freedom for America’s 16-year-olds, prompting many to line up at motor vehicle offices the day they were eligible to apply. No longer. In the last decade, the…
America Loves Peace? Odd, Since We're Always at... →
Sure, any war can be spun as some necessity against some Very Bad Person, preferably of brown skin, slanted eyes and/or differing deity. Not only can any war be so spun, probably every war there ever…
1 in 100 Americans Are Behind Bars: Highest Rate... →
For the first time in the nation’s history, more than one in 100 American adults is behind bars, according to a new report. Nationwide, the prison population grew by 25,000 last year, bringing it to…
Disturbing New Photos From Abu Ghraib →
Forget Obama, Ron Paul is the ONLY man that will stop these atrocities. America, WAKE UP! We can’t have business as usual, we need a Thomas Jefferson to bring our nation back to life!
Blind man sees with the aid of son's tooth →
An Irishman blinded by an explosion two years ago has had his sight restored after doctors inserted his son’s tooth in his eye.
Terminator 4, starring Christian Bale, releasing... →
That’s the date Warner Bros. has scheduled to release its “heavily anticipated” Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. Christian Bale plays the adult John Connor. Apparently, its releasing the same…
Rare book reveals Charlie Chaplin was on Hitler's... →
It is one of the most notorious works of anti-Semitic propaganda, listing Jewish figures throughout the world, including Albert Einstein.
How Good People Turn Evil, From Stanford to Abu... →
Psychologist Philip Zimbardo will speak Thursday afternoon at the TED conference about parallels between his infamous 1971 “prison experiment” at Stanford and prisoner abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison…
Mario Kart Wii isn’t an update, it’s a... →
You’ll be able to race against up to 11 other players from around the world in massive online races or race against your friends. You can create rooms for friends to join and even text chat while…
The 10 best ways to see the real USA →
Rev your bike, strum a chord, hit that trail, says Sarah Barrell [..she should know!]. There’s a whole other country out there.
Its OK, I use Linux (pic) →
Security Center Mayhem
Time for Hillary to drop out? →
There’s a growing chorus of voices starting to call for Hillary Clinton to give it up.
Digging For Hitler's Gold →
Treasure hunters believe there are almost 2 tons of Nazi gold and possibly clues to the whereabouts of the legendary Amber Room, a prize taken from a Russian castle during World War II…..
China: Famous Photo Was Faked: Photographer,... →
It turns out that train tracks in Tibet aren’t where the antelope play.Earlier this week, Xinhua, China’s state-run news agency, issued an unusual public apology for publishing a doctored photograph…
48% of teenagers bought zero (0) CDs in 2007 →
Nearly half of all teenagers bought no compact discs in 2007, accelerating the music industry’s painful transition from CDs to digital downloads, according to a report released today.
Pupils near 'suicide hotspot' write imaginary... →
A school near Bridgend has sparked outrage after pupils were ordered to write imaginary suicide notes in class, it emerged today. Students aged just 13 were told to carry out the exercise in an…
9 Students to Save the Earth →
Nine students from the Tech-Israel Institute of Technology have developed a model spacecraft for deflecting objects falling from space. Armageddon? No this is for a Hollywood scrip, it is the real…
FDIC Readies for Bank Failures →
Be prepared for a run on the bank!
Earthquake Hits United Kingdom →
An earthquake measured with a magnitude of 4.7 shook parts of the UK at 0:56 this morning
Sen. Chris Dodd Has Just Endorsed Obama! →
He filibustered telecom immunity, and now he’s supporting Obama. His progressive credintials will likely give Obama a bigger boost coming into the March 4th primaries and caucuses.
iTunes now the No. 2 music retailer in the US →
In addition to new notebooks on Tuesday, Apple announced that the latest market research data from NPD indicates that the iTunes Store recently surpassed Best Buy to become the number two music retailer in the US, behind only Wal-Mart.
New MacBook Pro More Powerful, Has Multitouch... →
New versions of the MacBook Pro have been released today. They come loaded with up to 2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn processors, and the MacBook Air’s trackpad which allows for multi-touch gestures. The low-end MacBook has also been upgraded. Full specs and prices after the jump.
DualShock 3 Dated For US →
Just in time for GT5 Prologue!
Parts of 60 Minutes broadcast blocked in... →
As 60 Minutes was putting its show together, the White House put pressure on CBS - the parent company - to kill the show. During the 60 Minutes broadcast and ONLY during the Don Siegelman portion - the screen went black for Huntsville residents and Mobile residents. Karl Rove may be gone from office, but he clearly is not gone from power.
Sony's Phil Harrison is Resigning →
Phil Harrison, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios (SCE WWS) will resign on February 29th. Harrison has been with Sony since 1992, when he joined Sony Electronics Publishing
iPhone, Wii guests on stage at this year's Oscars →
e keep on telling people that the iPhone and Wii are like totally going to be huge, but maybe they’ll finally believe us now that Jon Stewart trotted both out on stage during the Oscars this year..
Steal Encrypted Data with Liquid Nitrogen →
A group led by a Princeton University computer security researcher has developed a simple method to steal encrypted information stored on computer hard disks.
Bring your WiFi enabled DESKTOP to Starbucks →
little prank about what happens if you bring your desktop instead of your laptop to starbucks.
Robed Obama picture ignites row →
The more desperate Clinton becomes the dirtier the race gets.
Stage 6 will shut down on Feb 28th 2008 →
It seems Stage6 will be shut down on Feb 28th 2008. According to the blog post by a DivX employee, it is simply a matter of the site becoming too expensive to maintain. I’m deeply saddened by this: some channels alone have so many documentaries that they’ve become veritable historical archives.
Cameras that detect blood will catch lone drivers →
Motorists will be targeted by a new generation of road cameras which work out how many people are in a car by measuring the amount of bodily fluid it contains.
2004: Nader was funded by high-dollar Republican... →
GOP donors funding Nader: Among those who had given to Nader were businessman Nijad Fares, who donated $200,000 to Bush’s 2000 inaugural committee; Richard and Pamela Egan, who have raised more than $300,000 for Bush; and Michigan developer Ghassan Saab, who has given $30,000 to the RNC since 2001. Follow the money.
Pakistan blocks YouTube! →
Pakistan has blocked access to the popular YouTube website because of content deemed offensive to Islam. (sigh)
Wubi arrives: a look at Ubuntu 8.04 alpha 5 →
The Ubuntu development community has announced that the fifth Ubuntu 8.04 prerelease is now available for testing. Ubuntu 8.04 alpha 5 adds additional polish and reliability as well as a few intriguing new features. The official release of Ubuntu 8.04, codenamed Hardy Heron, is scheduled for late April and feature freeze is already in effect.
YouTube hijacked by Pakistan, caused global... →
YouTube has been blocked by Pakistan’s government because it contained “blasphemous content, videos and documents”. Shortly after, Pakistan shutdown YouTube globally by (possibly accidentally) hijacking their IP space via BGP!
Obama SINGS the National Anthem... Others Do Not →
Some people are saying Obama is unpatriotic because he didnt cover his heart during the pledge. Well, it WASNT the pledge, it was the national anthem and modern custom does not require a hand over the heart. But if you watch closely: He is the ONLY one singing! Clinton clearly is not, Richardson might be. So, who is the unpatriotic one?
Pilots fall asleep during 214-mile flight, miss... →
The NTSB released a preliminary report of its investigation into a go! airlines flight that flew past it’s destination airport in Hilo, Hawaii, apparently because the two pilots fell asleep. No mechanical defects were found. Mesa Air Group, which owns go!, has suspended the two pilots pending separate investigations.
Girl, 16, gives birth to triplets - for the SECOND... →
A teenage girl from Argentina has given birth to female triplets - for the second time. Named only as Pamela, the girl had her first set of female triplets aged just 15, giving birth to the second set a year later.
Obama: "Charges pretty hard to swallow." →
“We have been subject to constant attacks from the Clinton campaign — except when we were down by 20 points.” Obama’s measured response to Clinton’s histrionics. Sorry, no hand-waving or hissing in sight.
Nader Announces Presidential Bid →
Ralph Nader has announced plans to run again for the US presidency.
George W. Bush Is President Of Africa →
George W. Bush has been having so much fun in Africa that he took up the Africans’ offer that he remain forever, as their President King.
Microsoft Xbox 360 HD DVD Player Officially... →
It was only a matter of time before Microsoft officially discontinued manufacturing the Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on, but it took them a few days longer than we expected. Their statement is finally out, and it signals Microsoft’s official withdraw from HD DVD on the console front. Here’s their statement.
The Secrets of Microsoft's Sync →
The automaker has sold more than 100,000 vehicles with the Sync system since it was introduced in November, says Martin Thall, general manager of Microsoft’s automotive business, with 70% of those sales coming in 2008. Ford expects to sell a million Sync-enabled cars by early 2009, when the system will be available in 85% of its cars….
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) Alpha 5 Released →
The Ubuntu developers are moving very quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source Community has to offer. Hardy Heron Alpha 5 is the fifth alpha release of Ubuntu 8.04, and with this new alpha release comes a whole host of excellent new features.
6 Submissions Even Kevin Rose Couldn't Get On... →
Even Digg Founder/Superman Kevin Rose comes up short sometimes…. What’s the deal, yo?
If Obama Went 0-for-10 . . . →
Humor me while we conduct a little thought experiment. Imagine that Obama had lost 10 contests in a row. What would the conventional wisdom say? That it was over, of course. The above, is an accurate description of where Clinton stands right now. Yet nobody is forcing her to respond to those questions. The reason is obvious: She’s Hillary Clinton.
Sony unveils PhyreEngine, its new free... →
Working on both OpenGL and Direct3D, this engine will allow developers to more easily develop for the PS3 by using PC environments they’re more familiar with. A “simple recompile” is supposedly all that’s needed to make the game run on the PS3. It includes full documentation, “70+ samples” and “full source code and artwork” of sample game templates